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Identity and Security Business Group

Active Directory is the Focal Point of Audit

Active Directory - The Focal Point of Audit

Given its foundational role in IT, cyber security and privileged access, Active Directory is the focal point for cyber security audits concerning privileged access, identity and access management, governance, risk and compliance.

For instance, whether it is basic Active Directory inventory audits such as user logon and account status audits, or mission-critical Active Directory privileged user/access audits, the target of all such audits is Active Directory content.

Organizations and auditors thus require the ability to accurately, easily and efficiently perform a variety of Active Directory focused audits to fulfill various cyber security, AD Security, IT, PAM, IdM and GRC driven audit needs.

Top-5 Active Directory Audit Drivers

Organizations and IT auditors need to perform various Active Directory focused audits, driven by five top needs –

Active Directory Privileged User Identification to fulfill audit needs driven by Privileged Access Management (PAM), Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and AD security.
Active Directory Security Hardening to adequately secure and defend their Active Directory deployment.
Active Directory Permissions Analysis to identify and fix any glaring vulnerabilities in Active Directory permissions.
Active Directory Group Membership Enumeration to identify all members of various domain security groups.
Active Directory Inventory/Cleanup to identify the contents of their Active Directory and perform required cleanups.

These audits are focused on and targeted at Active Directory, and play a vital role in maintaining organizational security.

Three Levels of Active Directory Audit

The majority of organizational Active Directory audit needs can be categorized into and fulfilled by three levels of audits -

A basic Active Directory Inventory Audit helps inventory all AD content, such as the list of all DCs, OUs, accounts and groups, their states, status, membership, ACLs etc.
An optional Active Directory Permissions Audit helps identify any glaring vulnerabilities that may exist due to incorrectly configured security permissions.
An essential Active Directory Privileged Access Audit delivers an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the actual Who, What, Where and How of privileged access domain-wide, based on effective permissions.

* The only area not covered by these audits is Domain Controller Security, which involves an audit of physical, system and network security of DCs. DC Security audits fall under Systems Security and should be performed.

The most important and difficult one of these audits to accurately perform is an Active Directory Privileged Access Audit.

Our Comprehensive Active Directory Audit Reports

Here are just a few examples of the various Active Directory Audit Reports that our solutions can deliver -

Inventory - A complete list of all objects in Active Directory.
Inventory - A complete list of all domain user accounts and their states.
Inventory - A complete list of all domain-joined computers and their operating systems.
Inventory - The complete flattened group membership of any Active Directory security group, including nesting details.
Permissions - A complete list of all users and groups who have any kind of permissions granted anywhere in Active Directory.
Permissions - A complete list of all Active Directory objects in whose ACLs a particular user/group has any kind of permissions.
Privileged Access - A complete list of all users who have privileged access by default in Active Directory.
Privileged Access - A complete list of all users who have privileged access by delegation in Active Directory.
Privileged Access - A complete list of all users who can manage all default privileged accounts and groups in Active Directory.
Privileged Access - A complete list of all users who can control security on all privileged accounts and groups in Active Directory.

Our Comprehensive Solution

Our audit solutions empower organizations to easily, efficiently and accurately fulfill all their Active Directory Audit needs.

Gold Finger, our Microsoft-endorsed Active Directory Audit Tool Suite was masterfully designed to empower all organizations worldwide accurately, efficiently and automatically fulfill these Top-5 Active Directory focused audit needs, and perform all three* levels of Active Directory audits.

When it comes to security, accuracy is paramount, and only Gold Finger can deliver accurate results across all audits.

Gold Finger is architected by former Microsoft Program Manager for Active Directory Security and endorsed by Microsoft.

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Here's a quick overview of how our specialized Active Directory Assessment Tools help organizations perform these three levels of audits –